Austin, Minn., USA - September 25, 2014, Austin, Minn., USA - Hormel Foods Corporation announced the advancements of Mark D. Vaupel, Swen Neufeldt and Jeffrey A. Grev, effective October 28, 2014.
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Mark D. Vaupel, director of information technology services will advance to vice president of information technology services.
Mr. Vaupel began his career in 1996 as a computer analyst at the Corporate Office. In 2000, he became a senior computer analyst and in 2002 became the manager of information technology planning and strategy. He assumed his current role as director of information technology services in 2004.
Mr. Vaupel has identified the increasing risk associated with cyber security and took actions to mitigate them. This included organizing a team focused on cyber security, implementing risk mitigation processes, purchasing appropriate tools and technologies, and focusing on training and awareness.
He has also played a key leadership role in the due diligence and successful integration of a number of acquisitions and joint ventures including Burke Marketing Corp., Farmer John, MegaMex Foods and Skippy Foods.
Swen Neufeldt, director of business development - Asia, general manager of China and vice president of Hormel Foods International, will advance to president of Asia Pacific, Hormel Foods International.
Mr. Neufeldt began his career in 1996 as a Grocery Products sales representative in Birmingham, Ala. and a year later became territory manager. That same year he became a Grocery Products category management specialist at the Corporate Office then became an associate product manager, Grocery Products.
In 1999, he became a product and category development manager, International, at the Corporate Office. In 2002, he became senior product manager, International, in England and then general manager of Europe in 2005.
In 2006, he came back to the Corporate Office to be a group product manager, Grocery Products, and in 2010, became the director of business development – Asia and vice president of International in Shanghai, China. A year later, he assumed his current role.
Jeffrey A. Grev, director of corporate development, will advance to director of legislative affairs.
Mr. Grev began his career in 1984 in Grocery Products sales in Louisville, Ken. A year later, he became a sales representative for the Michigan territory and then for the New England territory. In 1987, he became the manager of sales services for Grocery Products at the Corporate Office (Austin, Minn.). ■